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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">This is for under-served countries, and is administered by ICANN.
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https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=74584754&preview=/74584754/84224725/FY19%20AddBudReq%20Explanations%20-%20FINAL-%20Per%20Category%20-%2026%20APRIL%202018.docx</a></font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1">I have asked Maryam to check with the responsible staff to see if we can add to the list if there are no applicants from the countries which they have identified as underserved. The relevant portion from the document above is the following:</font></p>
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color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">FY19-08-NCSG-Participation
of Leaders from Developing Countries at ICANN Meetings</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
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<font size="+2"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">NCSG request for support of leadership
from developing countries at ICANN Public Meetings</span></i></font><br>
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<font size="+2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">(Yes)(10,045)(to be managed by Benedetta Rossi, Manager
for Policy Support & Community Services, ICANN Policy Development Support)</span></font><br>
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success of similar pilot efforts and the opportunity presented for leadership recruitment from under served and underrepresented countries qualifies this request for support. Approval is granted for 1 traveler per ICANN Public Meeting in FY19 (i.e. ICANN63,
64, and 65) from an underserved and underrepresented country within the applicable ICANN meeting region. Approval of this request is contingent upon coordination with ICANN’s Policy Development Support Team and on the submission of a written report within
30 days of travel which addresses how the opportunity met the request objectives and each itemized metric as per the community request. The report is to be submitted to
</span><span lang="FR"><a href="mailto:sbr-outcomes@icann.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Lucida
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and is a condition of future resource allocations. Unused travel allocations may not be carried over to future meetings or the next fiscal year. Approved travel means economy airfare + hotel + per diem for 1 traveler as noted above.</span></font><br>
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<p><font size="+1">I hope this answers your questions.</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Stephanie</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2019-02-12 15:16, Thato Mfikwe wrote:<br>
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<div>Why is the call not open to all regional members?</div>
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<div>Thato Mfikwe.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 6:57 PM Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" moz-do-not-send="true">stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">As some of you may recall, we have an approved additional budget request for 2018-19 to fund the participation of representatives from under-served countries, in the various ICANN meetings. ICANN 65 in Marrakech
is coming, up, and members are encouraged to apply for the funding if they are resident in the following countries:</font></font></p>
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<li><font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Guinea Bissau</span></font></li><li><font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Sao Tome and Principe</span></font></li><li><font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Eritrea</span></font></li></ul>
<p><font size="+1" face="Lucida Grande">This is a short list, and a short time frame as we are being asked to confirm our list of travellers by February 22nd. If you know members who might qualify and be interested, please bring it to their attention. Please
forward statements of interest to myself and Maryam Bakoshi by COB February 21st.<br>
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<p><font size="+1" face="Lucida Grande">kind regards, <br>
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<p><font size="+1" face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie Perrin</font></p>
<p><font size="+1" face="Lucida Grande">NCSG Chair</font><br>
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